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Signs of Cherokee culture : Sequoyah's syllabary in Eastern Cherokee life / Margaret Bender.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bender, Margaret Clelland.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cherokee language--Writing--Social aspects.
- Cherokee language.
- Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
- Cherokee Indians.
- Sequoyah, 1770?-1843--Influence.
- Sequoyah.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on extensive fieldwork, this text uses a semiotic approach to investigate the historic and contemporary role of the Sequoyan syllabury - the written system for representing the sounds of the Cherokee language. It also explores the role of this language in the context of tourism.
- Contents:
- Preface; Note on Orthography; Introduction; 1. Pride and Ambivalence; 2. Reading, Writing, and the Reproduction of Cultural Categories; 3. Talking Leaves, Silent Leaves; 4. Reading the Signs; 5. What Else You Gonna Go After?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890874092
- 9780807860052
- 0807860050
- OCLC:
- 476236376
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